Golf Network News
Sunday 9 April 1972Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 April 1972 · purse $204,649 · winner's share $25,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/8°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/15°C · wind 29 km/h SW, gusts 61 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/9°C · wind 23 km/h NNW, gusts 60 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/2°C · wind 21 km/h ENE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Masters
1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
, 47 (cut at 151) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bruce Crampton, Bobby Mitchell, Tom Weiskopf
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 10th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet